Space Economy: Navigating Global Opportunities of the Final Frontier

Artificial Intelligence
Innovation & Business Improvement

Next Intake: 21 Oct 2026 (Wed)

Intermediate
Short Courses

This course is conducted online.

Next course starts on

21 Oct 2026 (Wed) See Full Schedule

Fee

SGD3,270* Learn More

Duration

3 days (11am - 7pm)

Level

Intermediate

Venue

Singapore Management University

Who Should Attend

Public Sector, Policy & Regulators such as: MTI, MDDI, MINDEF, MFA, IMDA, CAAS and GovTech
Government, Defence & Security: Professionals in maritime/ air domain awareness, border security, disaster response and critical infrastructure protection
Financial Services & Risk: Banks, insurers, asset managers, and fintechs
Maritime, Aviation & Logistics: Ports, airports, shipping, and supply chain
Sustainability & Climate: ESG, climate risk, and carbon markets
Technology & Data: AI, geospatial, cybersecurity, and cloud
Advanced Manufacturing: Semiconductors, electronics, and aerospace
Startups & Innovation: Founders, venture capitalists, corporate ventures, and accelerators
Research & Academia: Research & development leaders, universities, and educators

Overview

Today, we live in an age when space technology has become an inseparable part of how we develop our economy, tackle environmental challenges, or protect our society.

These new possibilities and motivations have significantly broadened the spectrum of stakeholders shaping the global space ecosystem and benefiting from its achievements. It has also increased demand for business-educated professionals in the space economy, as well as for decision-makers across multiple sectors who understand the 600 billion space economy.

A dynamic emerging ecosystem of these stakeholders has started to take shape in Southeast Asia (SEA) over the past years, driven both by growing technological capabilities and increasing demand for satellite-based solutions. For the whole region, it creates a unique opportunity to boost its knowledge economy, diversify towards promising new markets, move up the value chains, and create high-value-added jobs in engineering, data science, advanced manufacturing, finance, and other relevant fields. As a trusted node for trade and a key technological and financial hub, Singapore can play a central role in this emerging regional space ecosystem and facilitate strategically important connections to the global space industry value chains.

This 3-day programme focuses on building a space ecosystem from both governmental and business perspectives, offering implications for innovation areas in business, public policy, economy, and international relations. Reflecting a strategic alignment with Singapore’s existing national goals, it is designed to help decision-makers better understand the space economy, assess the opportunities it brings, and take action.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the 3-day programme, participants will be able to:

Learn about the importance of the space economy for countries and companies: Understand how space technology has become essential for economic development, environmental sustainability, and national security
Learn how countries and companies identify their sector-entry potential and build niche competencies: Assess the specific strengths of Singapore and Southeast Asia (SEA) to determine how to best leverage these for space sector growth
Gain practical skills on how to formulate sustainable sector-entry strategies: Develop actionable frameworks for both governments and companies to enter the space economy, focusing on moving up the value chain and creating high-value-added jobs
Learn how to navigate global space value chains and international networks: Examine global space markets and their specifics for SEA, and learn how to engage with international networks
Understand cross-domain synergies for innovation ecosystem building: Learn to integrate space sector development within the broader context of research and economic activities

Topic/Structure

The programme covers the following three key topics:

Motivation – what the space economy has to offer to Singapore and SEA
The opening highlights the strategic value of space technologies, covering key drivers such as new business opportunities, space-derived data, national security, resilience, and talent development.
Potential – unlocking the space economy capabilities in Singapore and SEA
The second part explores how Singapore and Southeast Asia can build niche space capabilities by leveraging technology, R&D, manufacturing, data, finance and talent, supported by regional and global case studies.
Contribution – Singapore as a valuable international partner and gateway to SEA
The final part explores how Singapore can strengthen its global space position through its Trusted Node and SEA gateway roles, leveraging its diplomatic, regulatory and global networks to build partnerships and opportunities.